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Joseph Henchman

Tax Counsel
henchman@taxfoundation.org

Joe Henchman is Tax Counsel at the Tax Foundation, focusing on law and state policy. Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Center for Legal Reform at the Tax Foundation, he writes articles and reports on tax law developments, assists colleagues with legal research, and prepares amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief filings in select cases relating to federal and state constitutional and statutory law. As part of the Center for State Fiscal Policy at the Tax Foundation, he contributes to studies on state tax systems and proposals, analyzing them from a principled tax policy perspective. He meets with officials and activists about tax issues, and has testified before lawmakers on fiscal matters.

Prior to becoming Tax Counsel in 2007, he was Law Clerk at the Tax Foundation from 2005 to 2007, where he contributed to two U.S. Supreme Court briefs and numerous research studies. He has previously worked as press/policy aide to former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth in the historic 2003 California recall election, and has interned at the Office of the DC Attorney General and (as a 2004 Koch Summer Fellow) Citizens Against Government Waste. In 2008, he completed the year-long Koch Associate market-based management program.

Born in San Diego County, he earned his bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in political transitions. He holds a law degree from George Washington University, where he was active in the Federalist Society, Lambda Law, and the student government. He is a member of the state bar of Maryland, and is currently seeking admission to the bar of the District of Columbia.

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